Checking In With the Sisters – Hold on Tight

I was horrible at most of those physical tests that they used to make us take. I suppose I was more of a nerd than an athlete (who am I joking…other than my years in ballet, I was never an athlete!). While I was checking in with our sister sites this week, I ran across this article on 5 Minutes for Faith by Nikky of simplystriving. First she transported me back to my younger days in school….and then she drove her point home.

They were my favorite phy-ed days. No climbing ropes required. No relays necessary. I didn’t have to sweat. I simply had to hold on.

And I was good at it. I could hold that wooden rung with the best of them.

My teacher explained it was to encourage hand strength. I thought it was more of a mind game. For I learned if I didn’t focus on that wooden dowel and how my hands were wrapped around it, I always fell too soon.

Now that I’m older, somewhat wiser, and less physically fit, I know holding on tight takes tremendous strength. And concentration…